Former Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has confirmed where his future lies on the other side of Canada's 'home' World Cup.
This summer's major tournament will take place in USA, Mexico, and Canada this summer and Marsch is in charge of the latter's attempts to escape a group that includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar and Switzerland. Since taking charge of the Canadian national team in May 2024, Marsch has guided them to 12 wins, 12 draws and five defeats. They finished fourth at the 2024 Copa America, losing to Argentina in the semi-final and dropping the third-fourth place game to Uruguay on penalties.
Marsch took to Instagram this week to confirm his intention to remain in his post far beyond this summer's World Cup, for the next four years.
"Really excited to announce that I will be extending my stay here with this team and programme for four years," he said. "Love this team, love our guys, believe in what we're doing, believe in the potential of what we can achieve at the World Cup and beyond. It's obviously a really important moment for us, the country, this programme but also we know there's a lot of work to do be done from grassroots all the way up through professional ranks of what the sport is in this country. I'm really excited to continue, find ways to unite, make us better and stronger and help young kids in the next generation to live their dreams of being great professionals and in future World Cups."
Marsch spent almost a year as Leeds United manager, replacing Marcelo Bielsa on February 2022 and helping to keep the club in the Premier League that season. But a poor win rate and fan dissatisfaction led to his dismissal at the start of February 2023 and despite the efforts of subsequent managers Javi Gracia and Sam Allardyce, the Whites were relegated from the top flight. Marsch has since maintained that the club could have stayed up had he remained in post because their underlying numbers painted them as a midtable side.
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